Social networking sites are beginning to change the face of business in a digitised India with companies adopting a marketing mix of online campaigns, promotions in print, television as well as road shows to reach out to people.

A large number of IT companies are becoming more strict with departing employees and are asking them to serve the full notice period to ensure that business activities are not affected by a sudden shortage of manpower.

Yahoo wants to decrease the number of its shareholders and will buy back up to $3 billion in stocks over three years, the internet search company said yesterday after its board approved the move at its recent annual meeting.

The CBI, conducting investigations into the accounting scam of Satyam Computer Services, today said all the directors on the board of the beleaguered firm had acted as “rubber stamps” and “not even a single dissent note” was recorded during the board meetings.